The Battle is Real

The Battle is Real

By: Susan Deborah Schiller  aka Tender Lily  Photo Source: Unknown

Previous WeWriWa Snippet (The Sacred Dance of Life)

No one heard her muffled cries but him. He told her it would always be that way. And then he grinned, one side of his mouth twisted upward – but it held no warmth and made Laura shiver.

A second later she was pinned to the cold, hard ground, overwhelmed by his seemingly superhuman strength. Laura discovered she was not as powerless as she had thought, for suddenly she became aware of sewing shears grasped firmly in her right hand. Nearly breathless from his crushing weight, she stabbed him deep into his thigh. With a rage fueled by 20-years of subservience to this monster, she threw the beast over her head and his body crashed heavily down into the ravine.

Stunned at her victory, Laura raced to the road, dodging branches as she fled to freedom, grateful her feet knew the way, because her heart and mind were already numb from shock.

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This is a true story from my blog that I'm slowly rewriting into fiction. Laura is dreaming in this segment, and discovering that her dream life closely parallels and mirrors her conscious life, supplying her with uncanny wisdom that fuels her journey to freedom. Thank you for any wisdom or guidance you may have – I appreciate you reading!

Weekend Writing Warriors is a weekly blog-hop. Each week, participants sign up HERE at Weekend Writing Warriors, then post 8 sentences of their work, published or unpublished, to go live between 12:00 noon Saturday, and 9:00 AM Sunday EST.  Then we visit each other, read, comment, critique, encourage–all those great things that do a solitary writer's heart good.